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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
No, terrible idea on Powe. WE're going to give up on Poe because he hasn't been a superstar in 7 games? Given that we knew with his inexperience, he'd be at least a 1-2 year experiment just to get him up to speed?
We're losing. There is ZERO value in maximizing snaps for Powe. Powe is obsolete. Teams prefer not to use 2-down 3-4 NTs. When you have guys like that, offenses will run no huddle spread and your 3-4 NT is completely out of position. The value in Poe is that when he matures, you hope he can play NT well, but have the versatility to stay on the field and play more of a 5-technique if the play dictates.
Which is why Poe was a great pick. I'm not a fan of Baldwin and never was. Still love the Berry pick, even if he's underperformed. I'm not convinced Berry couldn't improve with better coaching -- he's playing reckless.
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Point taken with Powe, but I'm speaking in specific terms of the Crennel run defense. And you aren't going to see a full no huddle all game, especially if your defense is holding them to three and longs a lot, which is the basic tennent of the 34 defense.
And I'm not so enthusiastic about the Poe pick. We'll see. He does look more comfortable/better out there than at the start of the season. Let's see if that continues. However, he is still raw and hasn't shown the capability of getting under guys pads on a regular basis. It's a process though...
which leads to Berry. He's played reckless for two seasons now. His first year he was effectively a third linebacker for the team as his pass defense skills were non-existent. And they haven't really shown up this year either. I'd argue that he's playing sloppy versus reckless. I'm wondering how much his college production was simply based on his prodigious athletic talent versus actual football accumen.